Personal Project Process Journal

What you need to know about

The Process Journal

  • The process journal is a place to collect evidence of your process throughout the project.

  • It should contain evidence of planning, applying skills, and reflecting.

  • It should demonstrate your application of ATL skills: research, self-management, thinking, communication, and social skills.

  • You should share your process journal with your supervisor at each meeting.

  • All Westlake Academy students use a provided Google Slides Template to organize the evidence of the process. The Google Slides process journal can accommodate evidence in a variety of formats (text, images, video, audio).

Evidence of the process is NOT

  • collected on a daily basis (unless this is useful for the student)

  • written up after the process has been completed

  • additional work on top of the project; it is part of and supports the project

  • a diary with detailed writing about what was done (unless this is useful for the student)

  • a single, static document with only one format (unless this is useful for the student).

Evidence of the process IS

  • gathered throughout the project to document its development

  • an evolving record of intents, processes, accomplishments

  • a collection of initial thoughts and developments, brainstorming, possible lines of inquiry and further questions raised

  • a record of interactions with sources, for example, teachers, supervisors, external contributors

  • record of selected, annotated and/or edited research and to maintain a bibliography

  • a collection of useful information, for example, quotations, pictures, ideas, photographs

  • a means of exploring ideas and solutions

  • a place for evaluating work completed

  • reflection on learning

  • devised by the student in a format that suits his or her needs

  • a record of reflections and formative feedback received.


Examples of Evidence

  • visual thinking diagrams (mind maps)

  • bulleted lists

  • charts

  • short paragraphs

  • notes

  • timelines, action plans

  • annotated illustrations

  • annotated research

  • artifacts from inspirational visits to museums, performances, galleries

  • pictures, photographs, sketches

  • up to 30 seconds of visual or audio material

  • screenshots of a blog or website

  • self- and peer-assessment feedback.


Source: MYP Personal Project: Handbook for Supervisors and Students. MYP Personal Project-- Teacher Support Materials, International Baccalaureate, 28 February 2021.